Do you think it's inappropriate for Execs to drive their Ferarris and Lamborgini's to work?

[waggy]

Originally posted by: Zenmervolt

Originally posted by: HomeAppraiser
The exec can afford that car because his workers don't make enough to fill the gas tank of their ten year old POS Dodges with failing a/c.

Bull. You're paid what you're worth. If you have a brain in your head and the true desire to work hard, you'll eventually prosper. The reason that the workers can't afford to fill their gas tanks is because those same workers stupidly spend $90+ per month on cable, and another $70/month for a fancy cell phone.

I absolutely cannot understand how "poor" workers manage to afford video game systems, fancy new cell phones, and cable TV.

ZV

yeap.

the sad part is the middle class is trying far to hard to be upper class. they buy homes they should not purchase (though think that is going to change), they buy a new car every 2 years, purchase stuff that they really do not need because everyone else has it. thent hey bitch they are "poor".

 

[Zenmervolt]

Originally posted by: waggy
you guys are right.

the company should mandate everyone drive a geo metro or other cheap small car. that way NOBODY will get jealus over what anyone else drives. No matter that someone worked a little harder, studied a little longer is a whole bunch smarter then the others. Also they should all live apartments and have the same furniture and Tv's.

hell might as well take it one step farther. everyone should make the same pay for the job. Everything should go to the goverment. so they can make sure everyone has food, shelter and a job. they can put them in the job they are best suited for.

then they can just issue cars to people!

such a good idea.

Hey, it worked for the USSR, just look how prosperous they are today...

ZV

 

[Specop 007]

Originally posted by: vital
So why do so many people care about their multimillion dollar severance package?

Why arent there packages in place for everyone? I assure you I have no golden parachute......

 

[CollectiveUnconscious]

My father was the VP and part-owner of a fairly successful mechanical engineering firm and was banned, as were all executives, from purchasing any car over 40k or of the "luxury" brand. The CEO thought it would hurt moral of others in the office. My father was recently bought out, and the first thing he did was buy a used Mercedes, priced at 41k, and drove it to the office for his "retirement" party.

That anecdote aside, no, I don't think it is inappropriate.

 

[JS80]

Originally posted by: sao123

Originally posted by: Mo0o

Originally posted by: sao123

Originally posted by: vital
Was talking about it with a coworker today and wondered what ATOT think. Do you think it's inappropriate for CEO's, CFO's, and Executive VP's to drive their $500k car to work? Discuss.

i am agaisnt capitalism as a concept... no-one should be able to make excessive amounts of money, as long as there are people who cant make enough to make ends meet.


Fire everyone who makes more than 100k per year and hire 3-10 people to replace them.

do u know anything about economics?

Well I know that if you reduce the salary of the original person who makes 500k per year and hire 8-9 people who make 45-50k per year, the companies finances have not changed, and the unemployment rate has gone down, and the economy indicators have improved.

so if im missing some other important detail... lets hear it.

So why aren't you a medical doctor? Oh that's right, it's because you're too stupid.

 

[jlbenedict]

Originally posted by: dmcowen674
No it's good to shove it in the face the widening gap between the classes.

Now drool peons.

Dave.. here's a napkin 😛

now wipe that drool from your chinny chin chin

 

[waggy]

Originally posted by: Specop 007

Originally posted by: vital
So why do so many people care about their multimillion dollar severance package?

Why arent there packages in place for everyone? I assure you I have no golden parachute......

yeah and i doubt very much you have a job such as CEO of a billion doller corp. more likely one that they can hire someone to do very easy.

 

[dainthomas]

Originally posted by: waggy

Originally posted by: Zenmervolt

Originally posted by: HomeAppraiser
The exec can afford that car because his workers don't make enough to fill the gas tank of their ten year old POS Dodges with failing a/c.

Bull. You're paid what you're worth. If you have a brain in your head and the true desire to work hard, you'll eventually prosper. The reason that the workers can't afford to fill their gas tanks is because those same workers stupidly spend $90+ per month on cable, and another $70/month for a fancy cell phone.

I absolutely cannot understand how "poor" workers manage to afford video game systems, fancy new cell phones, and cable TV.

ZV

yeap.

the sad part is the middle class is trying far to hard to be upper class. they buy homes they should not purchase (though think that is going to change), they buy a new car every 2 years, purchase stuff that they really do not need because everyone else has it. thent hey bitch they are "poor".

Hey, I AM poor. I haven't upgraded my vid card for two years, PLUS my cell phone doesn't even have a camera. Don't get me started on my lack of HDTV either. 🙁

 

[waggy]

Originally posted by: dainthomas

Originally posted by: waggy

Originally posted by: Zenmervolt

Originally posted by: HomeAppraiser
The exec can afford that car because his workers don't make enough to fill the gas tank of their ten year old POS Dodges with failing a/c.

Bull. You're paid what you're worth. If you have a brain in your head and the true desire to work hard, you'll eventually prosper. The reason that the workers can't afford to fill their gas tanks is because those same workers stupidly spend $90+ per month on cable, and another $70/month for a fancy cell phone.

I absolutely cannot understand how "poor" workers manage to afford video game systems, fancy new cell phones, and cable TV.

ZV

yeap.

the sad part is the middle class is trying far to hard to be upper class. they buy homes they should not purchase (though think that is going to change), they buy a new car every 2 years, purchase stuff that they really do not need because everyone else has it. thent hey bitch they are "poor".

Hey, I AM poor. I haven't upgraded my vid card for two years, PLUS my cell phone doesn't even have a camera. Don't get me started on my lack of HDTV either. 🙁

ohh thats easy to fix! get another CC!


jokeing asside. easy access to getting CC is a problem. it seems everyone i know has a stack of them. then they pay the min balance due every month. when they want something they go get another CC to purchase it.

they can't live in the income they have they have to stretch it out and try to keep up with the guy next door. even though he is so far in debt he can't breath.

 

[JS80]

Originally posted by: CollectiveUnconscious
My father was the VP and part-owner of a fairly successful mechanical engineering firm and was banned, as were all executives, from purchasing any car over 40k or of the "luxury" brand. The CEO thought it would hurt moral of others in the office. My father was recently bought out, and the first thing he did was buy a used Mercedes, priced at 41k, and drove it to the office for his "retirement" party.

That anecdote aside, no, I don't think it is inappropriate.

If I were an employee I would seriously think about switching careers because I would not want to end up like the poor VPs who can't afford $40k cars.

 

[Journer]

why the hell shouldnt they...you buy a car for a lot of reasons and you should use it for those reasons. to get from a-b...to show off...to have fun...etc.

 

[dmcowen674]

Originally posted by: jlbenedict

Originally posted by: dmcowen674
No it's good to shove it in the face the widening gap between the classes.

Now drool peons.

Dave.. here's a napkin 😛

now wipe that drool from your chinny chin chin

Hey,I live on an island so I drive a Yacht :laugh:

 

[Linflas]

Originally posted by: sao123

Originally posted by: Mo0o

Originally posted by: sao123

Originally posted by: vital
Was talking about it with a coworker today and wondered what ATOT think. Do you think it's inappropriate for CEO's, CFO's, and Executive VP's to drive their $500k car to work? Discuss.

i am agaisnt capitalism as a concept... no-one should be able to make excessive amounts of money, as long as there are people who cant make enough to make ends meet.


Fire everyone who makes more than 100k per year and hire 3-10 people to replace them.

do u know anything about economics?

Well I know that if you reduce the salary of the original person who makes 500k per year and hire 8-9 people who make 45-50k per year, the companies finances have not changed, and the unemployment rate has gone down, and the economy indicators have improved.

so if im missing some other important detail... lets hear it.

The detail you missed is the person running everything leaving after you cut his salary by 4/5s and the 8 new people hired along with all the other people that were working before his salary was cut joining the unemployment line after the compay goes out of business.

 

[ViviTheMage]

no...do they care you drive your 200$ car to work...

 

[chambersc]

Originally posted by: sao123

Originally posted by: Mo0o

Originally posted by: sao123

Originally posted by: vital
Was talking about it with a coworker today and wondered what ATOT think. Do you think it's inappropriate for CEO's, CFO's, and Executive VP's to drive their $500k car to work? Discuss.

i am agaisnt capitalism as a concept... no-one should be able to make excessive amounts of money, as long as there are people who cant make enough to make ends meet.


Fire everyone who makes more than 100k per year and hire 3-10 people to replace them.

do u know anything about economics?

Well I know that if you reduce the salary of the original person who makes 500k per year and hire 8-9 people who make 45-50k per year, the companies finances have not changed, and the unemployment rate has gone down, and the economy indicators have improved.

so if im missing some other important detail... lets hear it.

That isn't economics of capitalism. That's a bastard form of capitalism which doesn't resemble anything currently in practice. Now, the question stands. Do you know anything about economics? Since you didn't figure it out on your first run at it, we're talking about the economics of capitalism.

 

[sao123]

Originally posted by: Linflas

Originally posted by: sao123

Originally posted by: Mo0o

Originally posted by: sao123

Originally posted by: vital
Was talking about it with a coworker today and wondered what ATOT think. Do you think it's inappropriate for CEO's, CFO's, and Executive VP's to drive their $500k car to work? Discuss.

i am agaisnt capitalism as a concept... no-one should be able to make excessive amounts of money, as long as there are people who cant make enough to make ends meet.


Fire everyone who makes more than 100k per year and hire 3-10 people to replace them.

do u know anything about economics?

Well I know that if you reduce the salary of the original person who makes 500k per year and hire 8-9 people who make 45-50k per year, the companies finances have not changed, and the unemployment rate has gone down, and the economy indicators have improved.

so if im missing some other important detail... lets hear it.

The detail you missed is the person running everything leaving after you cut his salary by 4/5s and the 8 new people hired along with all the other people that were working before his salary was cut joining the unemployment line after the compay goes out of business.

the person has no reason to leave if there was a world wide salary cap.
No matter where he goes... he will never make more than the cap.

PS... any moron middle manager can run a company... It doesnt take a millionaire CEO to make decisions about how to run an enterprise. any moron off the street can look at data and make a decision.

 

[JS80]

Originally posted by: sao123

Originally posted by: Linflas

Originally posted by: sao123

Originally posted by: Mo0o

Originally posted by: sao123

Originally posted by: vital
Was talking about it with a coworker today and wondered what ATOT think. Do you think it's inappropriate for CEO's, CFO's, and Executive VP's to drive their $500k car to work? Discuss.

i am agaisnt capitalism as a concept... no-one should be able to make excessive amounts of money, as long as there are people who cant make enough to make ends meet.


Fire everyone who makes more than 100k per year and hire 3-10 people to replace them.

do u know anything about economics?

Well I know that if you reduce the salary of the original person who makes 500k per year and hire 8-9 people who make 45-50k per year, the companies finances have not changed, and the unemployment rate has gone down, and the economy indicators have improved.

so if im missing some other important detail... lets hear it.

The detail you missed is the person running everything leaving after you cut his salary by 4/5s and the 8 new people hired along with all the other people that were working before his salary was cut joining the unemployment line after the compay goes out of business.

the person has no reason to leave if there was a world wide salary cap.
No matter where he goes... he will never make more than the cap.

PS... any moron middle manager can run a company... It doesnt take a millionaire CEO to make decisions about how to run an enterprise. any moron off the street can look at data and make a decision.

then why aren't you making $500k in a fortune 500 as a middle manager?

 

[jemcam]

I think it's in poor taste, but if the guy has an ego that big, so what?

The CEO of my company (to remain nameless but it's been in the top 20 of Fortune 500 companies forever. My company is fairly frequently the topic of discussion here in ATOT) drives a rusty older Suburban. He's been CEO for over 20 years and his salary is printed in the paper every year. I think it's because he's a humble person and it's not important to him what kind of car he drives, he's secure enough with his performance and stature and doesn't need to flaunt it. I frequently see him around town, at the hardware store buying rat traps, etc. I think it's cool and I respect him a hell of a lot more than I would if he were into flaunting his money and trying to live the playboy lifestyle.

 

[waggy]

Originally posted by: sao123

Originally posted by: Linflas

Originally posted by: sao123

Originally posted by: Mo0o

Originally posted by: sao123

Originally posted by: vital
Was talking about it with a coworker today and wondered what ATOT think. Do you think it's inappropriate for CEO's, CFO's, and Executive VP's to drive their $500k car to work? Discuss.

i am agaisnt capitalism as a concept... no-one should be able to make excessive amounts of money, as long as there are people who cant make enough to make ends meet.


Fire everyone who makes more than 100k per year and hire 3-10 people to replace them.

do u know anything about economics?

Well I know that if you reduce the salary of the original person who makes 500k per year and hire 8-9 people who make 45-50k per year, the companies finances have not changed, and the unemployment rate has gone down, and the economy indicators have improved.

so if im missing some other important detail... lets hear it.

The detail you missed is the person running everything leaving after you cut his salary by 4/5s and the 8 new people hired along with all the other people that were working before his salary was cut joining the unemployment line after the compay goes out of business.

the person has no reason to leave if there was a world wide salary cap.
No matter where he goes... he will never make more than the cap.

PS... any moron middle manager can run a company... It doesnt take a millionaire CEO to make decisions about how to run an enterprise. any moron off the street can look at data and make a decision.

hahahah sure they can.

 

[NuAlphaMan]

Originally posted by: K1052
no

:thumbsup:

 

[fstime]

Originally posted by: JS80

Originally posted by: sao123

Originally posted by: Linflas

Originally posted by: sao123

Originally posted by: Mo0o

Originally posted by: sao123

Originally posted by: vital
Was talking about it with a coworker today and wondered what ATOT think. Do you think it's inappropriate for CEO's, CFO's, and Executive VP's to drive their $500k car to work? Discuss.

i am agaisnt capitalism as a concept... no-one should be able to make excessive amounts of money, as long as there are people who cant make enough to make ends meet.


Fire everyone who makes more than 100k per year and hire 3-10 people to replace them.

do u know anything about economics?

Well I know that if you reduce the salary of the original person who makes 500k per year and hire 8-9 people who make 45-50k per year, the companies finances have not changed, and the unemployment rate has gone down, and the economy indicators have improved.

so if im missing some other important detail... lets hear it.

The detail you missed is the person running everything leaving after you cut his salary by 4/5s and the 8 new people hired along with all the other people that were working before his salary was cut joining the unemployment line after the compay goes out of business.

the person has no reason to leave if there was a world wide salary cap.
No matter where he goes... he will never make more than the cap.

PS... any moron middle manager can run a company... It doesnt take a millionaire CEO to make decisions about how to run an enterprise. any moron off the street can look at data and make a decision.

lol, you know what I say, don't talk until you've worn the shoes.

All these hardcore socialists against capitalism should suck it, maybe you should of been raised in Soviet Russia and then maybe you would enjoy the freedoms of capitalism.


One word: Jealousy

I also suggest an economics class to some of you.

 

[drinkmorejava]

Originally posted by: JS80

Originally posted by: sao123


the person has no reason to leave if there was a world wide salary cap.
No matter where he goes... he will never make more than the cap.

PS... any moron middle manager can run a company... It doesnt take a millionaire CEO to make decisions about how to run an enterprise. any moron off the street can look at data and make a decision.

then why aren't you making $500k in a fortune 500 as a middle manager?

JS80 is right, there is a significant difference in the mindset of what is required between managing a company and having been around along enough to tell a few people what to do after you've already been told what needs to be done.

and to the original question: no

 

[slayer202]

motivation

 

[Specop 007]

Originally posted by: waggy

Originally posted by: Specop 007

Originally posted by: vital
So why do so many people care about their multimillion dollar severance package?

Why arent there packages in place for everyone? I assure you I have no golden parachute......

yeah and i doubt very much you have a job such as CEO of a billion doller corp. more likely one that they can hire someone to do very easy.

No, thats not entirely true. Your right, I am not a CEO but few people just walk into the position I have.

That said, why do CEO's get golden parachutes and no one else does?

 

[Fern]

Do you think it's inappropriate for Execs to drive their Ferarris and Lamborgini's to work?

If they work for Ford or GM yeah.

Fern